Morphometric Analysis of Connective Tissue Sheaths of Sural Nerve in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients

Table 1

Results of morphometric analysis of sural nerve in diabetes, PVD, and control group.

Group	Diabetic patients	PVD patients	Control
Number of cases	5	5	5
Mean age	70±12	75±3	72±8
Mean number of fasciculi	10.6±4.7	7.4±1.7	8.6±2.7
Total nerve cross section area (μm^2)	3.01×10^6±0.24×10^6∗∗	2.1×10^6±0.3×10^6	2.678×10^6±0.57×10^6
Total fascicular area (μm^2)	0.93×10^6±0.4×10^6	0.69×10^6±0.06×10^6	0.804×10^6±0.19×10^6
Total epineurial area (μm^2)	2.08×10^6±0.39×10^6∗	1.41×10^6±0.33×10^6	1.874×10^6±0.55×10^6
P index	10.49±2.86^†	10.70±3.52^†	5.54±1.05
Percentage of endoneurial connective tissue	42.22±1.76^∗∗∗,††	29.66±5.57	30.37±2.67

^∗𝑃<0.05 versus PVD.
^∗∗𝑃<0.01 versus PVD.
^∗∗∗𝑃<0.01 versus PVD.
^†𝑃<0.05 versus control.
^††𝑃<0.01 versus control.